APUSH 19

Gospel of Wealth

"The Gospel of Wealth", is an article written by Andrew Carnegie in June of 1889 that describes the responsibility of philanthropy by the new upper class of self-made rich

Tenements

A substandard multi family dwellinging the urban core, usually old and occupied by the poor.

Frederick Law Olmstead

An American landscape architect, journalist, social critic, and public administrator. He is popularly considered to be the father of American landscape architecture

Thomas Nast

German-born American caricaturist and editorial cartoonist considered to be the "Father of the American Cartoon".

Social Darwinism

Given to various phenomena emerging in the second half of the 19th century, trying to apply biological concepts of natural selection and survival of the fittest in human society. The term itself emerged in the 1880s

Knights of Labor

Knights of Labor, officially Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor, was the largest and one of the most important American labor organizations of the 1880s. Its most important leader was Terence V. Powderly

Andrew Carnegie

Scottish American industrialist who led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century. He is often identified as one of the richest people

Gilded Age

Tale of Today, which satirized an era of serious social problems masked by a thin gold gildin

Chinese Exclusion Act

United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882. It was one of the most significant restrictions on free immigration in US history, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers

American Federation of Labor

Was a national federation of labor unions in the United States. It was founded in Columbus, Ohio, in December 1886 by an alliance of craft unions disaffected from the Knights of Labor, a national labor association.

YMCA

based in Geneva Switzerland, with more than 57 million beneficiaries from 125 national associations. It was founded on 6 June 1844 by George Williams in London

Mail Order Houses

sells or manages mail order advertising or a mail-order business. A company that creates letters to send out to customers encouraging them to buy something via the mail is an example of a mail-order house.